checking gage's

[dannyo]

can you check a dash gage off the car bench test ? can a ohm meter do it ??

[StudeRich]

I am guessing you are talking about a Fuel or Temp. Gauge ?

[dannyo]

yes it is a fuel gage

[dannyo]

I spelled gauge wrong i am old it just goes with age .....my grammar is off but dont have spell check !!!

[bensherb]

It sounds like he's offering a quick pledge to ensure to ensure a bench test is fulfilled.

Remember people, spell check is your friend! It often works for grammar too.

[dannyo]

Bensherb i an just wanting to know how to bench test a dash fuel gage off the car , domr know to need to know if my grammer << just asking a question ?????

[dannyo]

Stuie Rich yes it is a fuel gage ???

[dannyo]

Stude Rich it is a fuel gage ?

[dannyo]

Bensherb yes i am trying to see how to bench test it off the car ?

[Dick Steinkamp]

It sounds like he's offering a quick pledge to ensure to ensure a bench test is fulfilled.

Remember people, spell check is your friend! It often works for grammar too.

It also works to ensure you haven't typed to ensure twice.

[bensherb]

Sorry Dick, spell check on my 20 year old laptop here quit working 15 years ago. I'm just working with what I learned in school 48 years + ago. None of which ever considered a computer of any kind, especially an "ancient" one that does what ever it wants to after you push enter.

[enjenjo]

To test it you need a potentiometer and a Ohm meter. All SW movements use a 240 to 33 Ohm range. This is the same no matter what you are measuring. You have to adjust the gauge reading with the potentiometer, and check it with the Ohm meter to see if the Ohm reading is corresponding to the needle position.

The sending unit in the tank, or the senders on the engine are potentiometers, so you could use a fuel tank sender as the potentiometer to test a gauge.

[dannyo]

i guess you mean hook a 12v battery up on a tank sender run a wire to the gage ground 1 side of the dash gage move the floot arm up & down ??? is this right ?

[enjenjo]

Wire the gauge and sender as it would be in the car. You can also use a fuel sender to test electric oil and temperature gauges.

[r1lark]

All SW movements use a 240 to 33 Ohm range.

This may be true for 12v senders, but the SW 6v senders used in Studebakers are 90 empty to roughly 0 full.

[dannyo]

it is a 12 volt 64 lark one .

[Mike Van Veghten]

Really ?

dannyo, are you talking about an item that relays numerical values to the reader - "gauge" ?
Or are you talking about wire or sheet metal thickness - "gage" ?

Mike

[bensherb]

Really ?

dannyo, are you talking about an item that relays numerical values to the reader - "gauge" ?
Or are you talking about wire or sheet metal thickness - "gage" ?

Mike

Wire or sheet metal thickness is also spelled GAUGE, Mike.

While the word gage may be obsolete, you might still encounter it in older writings. It typically refers to a token, but can also mean something for security or insurance. In Shakespearean times, it could also mean a challenge.

[dannyo]

i am going to explain what i put in the queston at first IT IS THE DASH GAUGE FUEL GAUGE TRYING TO FIND OUT TO BENCH TEST IT OFF THE CAR ? not wire gage or any that . I SPELLED THE WORD WRONG AT FIRST BUT YOU GET THE IDEA ??? NOW

[oilnsteel]

All us old tool and diemakers spell it gage. One less letter to screw up when inking drawings. JT

[bensherb]

When I was working it was always gauge. Not an old diemaker , but I am an old mechanical designer / engineer / machinist. Never had any issues when spelling it correctly.

[dannyo]

thanks bensherb , for saying some thing i thought i was crazy i am old & was taught in school it was gage so ,i findly found out from a friend in my club here that i have been in 58 yrs i am only 1 of 3 still living that was the first ones in it we only have 45 people in it now going down quick i am trying to sell as much as possable to get out crushing a lot of stuff cost of shipping is to much for most studie people i was just trying to test the gage to be sure it was good before i sent it to a person in NY trying to be up front with him then get in to all this Grammar << stuff ????thanks a gain .

[6hk71400]

Dan,

After the preliminary English/Grammar/Spelling lessons, did you get your question answered?

Bob

[bensherb]

It was answered in post 8 for 12 volt and post 9 for 6 volt.

[dannyo]

Bob it was a heck of a trip on here grammar spelling all that i am old never was very good in school on this it just started by asking a queston ??

[dannyo]

bensherb & Bob i answered in a comment just now thanks to both of you dan.